Bloomington City Council members are working to limit the heights of new downtown development, the Sophia Travis playground at Karst Farm Park is getting a makeover, the Indiana legislature is considering revising Indiana’s alcohol laws, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb addressed the state legislature in his State of the State address on Tuesday night. FEATURE Indiana’s legislature passed a law last session …

Monroe County Community School Corporation is working to fill the local need for child care. Air conditioning manufacturer Carrier Corporation announced the final termination of 215 employees at its Indianapolis manufacturing plant today. The Monroe County Health Department is creating a new, full time Health Educator and Harm Reduction position in response to the opioid crisis. Western Skateland in Bloomington has …

Tomorrow is the first day political hopefuls in the state will be able to file for their candidacy; Monroe County Election Board members are being asked to open a centrally-located poling site near Indiana University; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb will deliver his second State of the State Address this evening; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill announced his intention to join …

Ellettsville officials look for ways to spur economic development; A report released from the Indiana State Department of Health says that 25 people have died from flu complications across the state this season; The city of Bloomington completed a two-year attempt at reducing deer populations at Griffy Lake last week. FEATURE Newly-named Indiana state poet laureate Adrian Matejka says Bloomington …

January 4, 2018Comments Off on City, County Proclaim January 4 WFHB Day

Today is officially WFHB Day in Monroe County, and WFHB Community Radio Day in the City of Bloomington. Both the county and the city signed proclamations, recognizing the station’s 25th anniversary. WFHB first began transmitting at 91.3 FM on Monday, January 4, 1993. Monroe County Commissioner introduced the measure during yesterday’s county commissioner’s meeting. Commissioner Julie Thomas cited WFHB’s volunteer …

State Representative Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) is filing legislation that would provide Indiana with a “death with dignity law.” Pierce says his proposal, which was announced today, would enable individuals with terminal illnesses to request voluntary euthanasia. According to a press release from Rep. Pierce’s office, House Bill 1157 would allow an adult diagnosed with a terminal disease that will end …

HEADLINES Bloomington Democratic State Representative Matt Pierce files legislation for voluntary euthanasia; the Monroe County Commissioners are gearing up for the county’s 200th anniversary, saving taxpayer money with new property tax software, and approved new monitoring equipment for the Community Corrections Department; The Commission on the Status of Women is seeking applicants for their annual awards; and both the city …

We’ll continue our best of 2017 with stories from around your community— In today’s Daily Local News, we hear how an organization encourages local women to run for public office, and hear from public officials about their experience as women in public office; we’ll also hear about increasing financial constraints on child support services as the opioid epidemic continues to …

Happy New Year! We continue our ‘Best of 2017’ with stories from around your community— In today’s Daily Local News, the city of Bloomington and Monroe County join a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, the city advances measures to curb downtown student apartments, a public education advocacy group challenges Ellettsville’s Seven Oaks Classical School in a federal lawsuit, and Indiana takes …

On today’s Daily Local News Episode, we’ll take a retrospective on some of our best reporting from 2017: Cook Pharmica was sold to New Jersey-based Catalent Incorporated in September; a series of inappropriate social media messages from Kilroy’s bars draws community condemnation; Dan Wakefield, a longtime friend of Kurt Vonnegut, co-edited five previously unpublished Kurt Vonnegut short stories which were discovered at …

Join local artists to support Chris Gaal for Judge. Bid on unique items of interest in silent and live auctions. Reggae music with Curtis Cantwell Jackson. Food and drink. Thursday, February 22 from 5:30 to 7 pm at the I Fell Building 415 West 4th Street by the Rainbow bakery, corner of 4th and Rogers. Check out www.chrisgaal.org for more information. Paid for by Chris Gaal for …